Slavery and Abolition

"Door to nowhere" Elmina Slave Castle

Click on the photo above to learn about the history of slavery in the United States:

The Missouri Compromise 1820

The founding of Liberia
See the map of Liberia below. Notice the name of the capital of this West African country!


The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854

Tensions rise over the Kansas Nebraska Act. See below.


Cartoon showing the famous attack of Senator Preston Brooks on Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber





To see the actual Mason-Dixon line, click here

Map of the US 1854 Pro-slavery vs. Anti-slavery